ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,791, issued on June 24, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).
"Fastening structure of a belt anchor" was invented by Akira Sabu (Toyota, Japan), Kazuya Ueda (Toyota, Japan) and Yusuke Asai (Nagakute, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The fastening structure of a belt anchor comprises: the belt anchor provided at one end of a buckle of a seat belt; a floor panel; an anchor bracket joined to the floor panel; and a tank bracket to which a fuel tank is fastened and which is joined to the floor panel, wherein the belt anchor is fastened together with the floor panel, the anchor bracket, and the tank bracket."
The pat...